Six word Saturday

Can there be anything more beautiful?

This week we did the Almond Blossom Trail- a yearly highlight.  Debbie’s Six Words are a little more prosaic.  Happy Saturday all!

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  1. Blossoms? Already? I love this photo and when blossoms appear finally feel there is no going back on Spring! 😀 Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend, Jo … after days of tantilising sunny weather we’re hunkering down as Storm Ciara battles its way across the country!

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    1. The blossom season is almost over already, Annika, but it’s followed by so much more beauty. We’ll be over the border this morning, checking out the blossom in Spain. Weather is nothing if not unpredictable these days, is it? I predict a day of reading (and writing) in the UK. Just not the dreaded housework 🙂 🙂

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      1. Have a fabulous day in Spain, Johanna! 😀 I love how in Europe you can just pop over the border to other countries. Hope there is lots more blossom there. The gales are pretty fierce at the moment and I’m tucked in my blanket in front of my computer. I was about to do some housework but you’ve given me the perfect get me out chores permission slip here. Thank you! 😀

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  5. I do love these beautiful blossoms. We were traveling up the middle of the state last week where once orange groves dominated and now are heavy with almond orchards. I noticed the blossoms and sighed a relief that spring is in the air. 🙂

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    1. Jude was commenting that California is cultivating more almonds for almond milk, Debbie. Here they seem to have discovered avocado as a good commercial plant, but it requires a lot of water. We’ll see how that goes 🙂 🙂

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  9. Blossom is always lovely to see, none here as yet but it won’t be long. And raindrops too! Unusual for your photos. I was reading about the production of almond milk as the popularity of vegan foods continues to grow and was concerned that a lot of these plant based foods / drinks are also bad for the planet (though not as bad as dairy) and especially in drought stricken California where almonds are grown for milk production and increased irrigation needs have been dramatic. Apparently they also use pesticides which kill the honey bees.

    I suspect your almond trees are used to produce the nuts for eating and not for milk, but it does make you query how food that you think is better for you and the planet is produced. Sigh…

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    1. Oh heck- you obviously have too much time on your hands! All that thinking is bad for you (as well as depressing 🙂 ). You can buy almond milk and all those other obscure ones here, if you search, but I don’t know where they come from. I’ll look next time 🙂 I can testify to how many almonds they use here. I shall post a dessert just for you on Monday 🙂 Unfortunately I’m very bad for the planet- I could live on dairy! But I simply cancel out Michael, who can’t eat cheese and doesn’t like milk. I thought we would have a water crossing in this morning’s walk (I didn’t do t’ai chi because Michael was leading this one) but most of it had drained away since we were there last. We just made it to the restaurant when there was a brief shower. My luck’s in today! And there was still quite a lot of blossom- and almonds- on the trees.

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      1. I know 🙄 I think I am doing good only to find I am not, and I love cheese too much to give it up, but when you read about dairy farming it is soooo depressing. I wonder if this comment will also disappear?

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  16. Blossom time ! A lovely sight Jo.
    Do I spy the odd rain splashes on those petals … you have RAIN in Portugal 😉
    Have a super Saturday 😘

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  20. Jo, when we first saw Almond trees in Spain and then the blossoms, we were quite thrilled. As we hadn’t seen one before, just eaten multitudes of almonds 🙂 Lovely capture of the blossoms and spring is nearly there.

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